Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3674

Why dost Thou shut Thine eyes and murmur the names of God, when in Thy heart is neither love nor devotion? The name of Rama is a spell open to all, that banishes the pangs of sojourn in the womb. If you practice the spells of magic with mystic diagrams and charms, you will fall into the world of demons; there is one spell alone that Tuka practices, one name alone that he repeats, the name of Rama, the saviour of the world.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents